$25 billion as ransom for Dreamers, with cuts to legal immigration and increases to deportations doesn't pass the laugh test. It would be far cheaper to erect a 50-foot concrete statue of a middle finger and point it towards Latin America because both a wall and the statue would be equally offensive and equally ineffective, and both would express Trump's deeply held suspicion of Latinos.
Congressman Gutierrez criticizes the proposed immigration deal as offensive and ineffective.
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That's why we must respect Puerto Rico's vote and support H.R. 1522. Because only statehood will guarantee full and permanent equality for the 3.2 million Americans on the Island.
This must also be taken together with the fact that Puerto Ricans have never favored independence.
H.R. 1522 is the bill that respects the will of Americans who voted for statehood.
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